Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-05-26
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

In the Senate. on the 10th, three more bills
were introduced. A message received rom the
Governor containing the appointments OF Two
curators Of the State University was iaid over
one day under the rules. preamble and reso-
luton was introduced by Senator Moran call
ing in question the necessity Tor the special
session and the Governors compliance with the
| law in calling it. The chair announced the
standing committees. In the house no pusl-
ness of special importance was transacted De-
yond the reception of few petitions and the
| Introduction of a bill to repeal the act estao-
fishing State board of railroad commits SION
ers.
IN the Senate on the 18th, the only business
transacted was the introduction OF bill by
Senator Ketchum to appropriate money to de-
fray the necessary expenses of the session.
On suspension of the rules the Senate refused
to order the bill printed In the House the
Speaker announced the standing committees
for the session. After long discussion in an
effort to choke it off, a resolution was adopted
instructing the chair to appoint a committee OF
three to make inquiry and report to the House
the reason the evidence taken In the walker
| investigation had not been published. A few
bills were introduced. among them one to ap-
propriate $50, 900 and another to appropriate
t45, 900 for the expenses OF the General As
sembly. Adjourned.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, several appoint
ments made by the Governor during vacation
were confirmed. Senator Sparks introduced a
spurs to railroads. The rest of the session was
taken up in fruitless debate on a motion to
refer railroad bill to the Senate as in commit
tee of the whole ..... In the House b1lls were
introduced as follows: Making horizontal re-
duction of about twenty-five er cent. in all
freight rates; to prevent Off GERS OF railroad
companies from issuing watered stock; au-
thorizing vlcepresidents of corporations to sign
deeds in the absence of the presidents declar-
ing all railroads to be common carriers, and
q 1Enn in in
troduced a resolution requesting the Speaker
to appoint member of the internal improve
ment committee from the Eighth Congression-
al district. Laid over.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, Senator Mansneld
introduced Senate bill No. TO- entitled San act
to amend section IT. article 1. chapter 81, Re-
vised Statutes of Missouri, entitled OF Private
Corporations.''' Senate bills Nos 1. and
were read a second time and referred. 49,. In
the House the following was introduced and
laid on the table: Whereas, under section,
Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, prop
erty taxed in other States is again indirectly
taxed in this State by a tax upon such shares OF
its stock held by citizens of this State;
and, Whcrnas, Such double taxation is calcu-
lated to i've capital from Missouri: and,
Whereas G. tizens of this State have declared
their intention Of leaving it, and are now pre-
pairing to do so; therefore, be it ResotUed, That
the House requests the Governor to call the al
tention Of the Assembly by special message to
lation shall be necessary for 1relief. Three
new bills were introduced. The Chair an
nounced the following committee to investigate
the delay in printing the Walker testimony:
Messrs. Weimer, Dunn, OF Lincoln, and Ar
buthnot. Representative Drabelle sent up his
resignation, which, after about an hours dis
cussion, was accepted.
In the Senate, the Goth, Senate bills Nos.
and 9 were read a second time and referred.
The following resolution was adopted: That
the RAILROAD Commissioner of this State be re-
quested to make out and furnish to the COM
mittee On railroads and internal improve
ments, what in the judgment of said commits
sioners would be a schedule of reasonable
maximum rates of charges for transportation
of freight and cars on each of the railroads in
this State. .... In the House several new bills
were introduced, an extended debate was in
dulged in over the economy of making one
clerk serve two committees several bills were
given a second reading and then the House adj
journed until the ed.